終於出現了：iRex Software Versiion 1.5

有人說：好事多磨。在台北時間昨天晚上9點多，終於荷蘭方面在他們下班前把Software Release 1.5給公佈了。以下是release notes:

• Added an Interactive Toolbar
The Toolbar will make it easy to organize and place your favourite icons within reach. You can personalize the toolbar by adding, removing and replacing icons
***終於，那條toolbar不再是佔空間的東西了，可以在左側自定一些快捷的icon。根據不同的文件/目錄區，也會顯示不同的快捷的icon，相當好用。


• Power management settings to help save battery power
Automatic Shutdown and Sleep Mode will help save battery power. You can configure the power management in the settings menu and you can choose how long the device will wait to turn off or before it goes to sleep mode
***終於，大家引頸期待的power management也到位了。sleep mode可以有30s, 45s, 1m, 2m, 3m等的設定，而auto shutdown則有never, 15, 30, 45, 60min不同長度的設定。也可以選擇有外接電源時不要自動關機等。只是，並沒有sleep to disk的設定。wakeup回覆的速度不錯，只是有人提到，要用touch pad時，還要再碰一下才會動。
***在國外網友的測試下，經過4個小時，電力約用掉33%，外推的結果，在sleep mode之下可能可以撐到12個小時。似乎還是遠不如sony prs-505。
***而來回sleep-wakeup cycle約3次之後，wacom的touch pad似乎會失效。小弟我也有遇到這個狀況。別人是重開機，而我是進入設定中把wacom關掉-save-再重開就可以了，不須要再重啟機器。不過，也是個不小的bug。

• Page rendering performance improvements
Several improvements to the PDF pre-rendering algorithm will improve page flip performance
***載入PDF的速度的確有明顯的進步。之前一個20M，約270頁的書，載入要20秒左右，現在約是一半不到的時間就載入了。至於翻頁的速度方面，我個人是沒有明顯的感受啦。

• Added step-wise increase and decrease Zoom and Font size
Zooms the document in and out by 25% each time it is used. Increase / decrease the font size by 2pts
***暫時還沒用到的功能。

• Sensor Lock icon and Battery Status icon now clickable
Sensor lock icon and Battery Status icon in the status are now clickable to toggle sensor lock or to show battery status
***不錯的設計，這樣也不用老是把MAIN MENU叫出來才可以Lock按鍵了。而點選了電池條，會跳一個視窗告訴你真實的剩餘%數。

• Larger font size selection
Larger font sizes have been added to make reading easier for people with visual impairments.
***暫時還沒用到的功能。

• Improved the speed of closing a document
Documents are now closed faster
***似乎有那麼的給它快了一些。

• Improved display updates
Display updates have been improved to reduce the amount of screen refreshes
***的確，之前在資料完全出現之後，還會再閃一次，現在則沒有了。

• Mobipocket
Show cover page when first opening a document and support image hyperlinks.
***並沒有用到這個功能。

Bug fixes

• Problem solved where opening some dictionaries cause Mobipocket to crash.
• System clock now accurately keeps time
• Resolved problem of fading iRex logo while booting
• Problem solved where device sometimes doesn't switch off completely
• Resolved problem where device could be stuck in start-up
• Zoom factors now keep current center and zoom selection can be toggled
• Problem solved where language selection would not be available after a factory reset
• Battery status is now more clear when charging
• Problem solved where Eraser could not be toggled off
• Writepad templates now have the stylus enabled by default
• Solved problem where PDF viewer reported Out of Memory while it's not
• Automatic panning after zoom-in no longer enabled by default
• Selected word for dictionary lookup is now highlighted
• Dithering algorithm improved for images

看來改進蠻多的。官方的forum也說要"將"再提下一個版本的改進計劃。有想法有建議的人可以上去提喔。

昇級的方法如下：

1. 下載 http://updates.irexnet.com/embedded/dr1000/latest.zip，解開放到SD卡的根目錄去。
2. 重開機
3. 選擇要安裝新的software，機器會自動安裝，然後自動重開機，再繼續安裝。
4. 如此就完成了

至於中文的部份，仍舊須要重裝網友公佈在：http://www.99works.com/irex-e-reader.html的patch，測試的結果，目錄部份是出現中文了，但是txt file仍無法看中文。

至少，讓我們歡乎一下吧~~~~~~